2024-04-11 23:00:15
I devoted myself to painting for 10 months for my college graduation project.
I invested 8 to 12 hours a day in replicating Buddhist paintings.
“It’s a one-time graduation work… I don’t want to be forced to draw it.”
A short video of less than 1 minute showing the process of a college student majoring in art completing his graduation piece is gaining attention, exceeding 5 million views.
According to YouTube on the 11th, on the 9th of last month, the ‘ARTUBE_Buddhist Art’ channel posted a video titled ‘An art student’s 2,300-hour graduation work.’ The video exceeded 5 million views in just two weeks after being posted and attracted 10,000 subscribers, making it a so-called ‘rice cake’ (slang for rapid rise).
Kim Seong-moon, a graduate of the Department of Buddhist Art at Dongguk University who runs the channel, copied the painting of Maitreya Hasaeng Sutra, painted by Ho-won (悔前) in 1350, as his graduation work this year. The Buddhist Art major is a special field that recreates Buddhist art in a modern way, with the principle of imitation rather than creation.
Mr. Kim said, “The original was a painting from the Goryeo Dynasty, so the picture quality was not good, so it was not a good situation to copy it. He searched numerous sources, read all the scriptures, and looked up other works. He explained, “This is a painting I drew diligently while studying, so I didn’t draw it blindly,” adding, “I changed everything from the facial features, which contained the beauty standards of the Goryeo Dynasty, to the description of the scenery, the structure of the building, perspective, light and shade, and patterns.”
On the 9th, through the ‘SBS News’ channel, Mr. Kim reported that he had been working on his graduation project for about 10 months since the end of January last year.
Mr. Kim said, “I wrote down (the work time) on the calendar every day. When I added it all up, it was 2340 hours. (A day) If you do it less, it’s 8 hours, and if you do it more, it’s 12 hours,” he said. “There are people who misunderstand.” “They said (my work) was traced (copying a picture by placing it under transparent paper),” he said, expressing his upset.
He then introduced the details of the work, which took only three months to prepare. He said, “I colored for about 3 months. (The Painting of the Maitreya and the Sutra) is a painting from the Goryeo Dynasty, and its characteristic is that the paint is diluted several times to create a somewhat profound color and a feeling of low saturation,” he said. I made the paint thinner and layered it. Some weeks it’s only red (painted), some weeks it’s only green. (I even painted it),” he said.
In addition, he devoted himself to the extent of spending a month working on light and shade to create three-dimensionality for the work, which is 140cm wide and 230cm tall. The work he copied depicts animals such as tigers, dragons, and rabbits on the hem of clothes that are no bigger than a thumb. He also used real gold at a cost of 2 million won for the patterns on the hem, the 10 lines surrounding the leaves, and the numerous grid patterns.
Regarding the reason why he put effort into his graduation work, he said, “It was my greed. I wanted to express everything I could. “Because it is a graduation work that comes only once in one’s life and a debut work as an artist,” he said, adding, “I should do my best in drawing and enjoy it like crazy, and I didn’t want to be forced to draw for the sake of graduation.”
As of this morning, Kim’s short video, which had over 5.76 million views, received over 9,000 comments. Even the official YouTube account of the Cultural Heritage Administration left a message of support to show support.
Netizens said, “It feels like I am watching a restoration process, not a graduation work,” “2,300 hours of work would have been insufficient to create such perverted (delicate) details, but it is amazing,” “He could become a talent for restoring cultural properties,” and “Graduation work.” “I was moved to tears when he said that this was not a means to graduate, but that he wanted to prove himself.”
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2024-04-11 23:00:15